Ford Explorer Sport Trac – Mandy Ison's Opinion:
Is the 2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac a truck or an SUV? Upon first glance, the Sport Trac looks like any other four-door truck, but with one glaring difference – a truck bed that is strangely truncated. Ignoring this defect, the Sport Trac has a handsome body style sharply accented with a chrome grille and sporty roof rails. The optional, reinforced tonneau cover is heavy and difficult to open, though the tailgate cage flips out with ease. In contrast with its pleasing exterior, the interior design is a mish-mash of polka dot, nubbed, and oily looking plastics which strained to look futuristic but merely seemed cheap and chaotic. In addition, the door handle is placed at an incongruous angle below the arm rest, which strains the wrist. With a hop up into the driver's seat, there's a clear view through the front windshield and the gauges are within handy range. No such SUV-like comforts for the backseat passengers with inadequate thigh support and barely there padding. Once in gear, the Sport Trac leaves no doubt of its origin as an SUV with easy handling in sharp turns and city congestion, though the steering feels disconnected from the road. As a strange melding of the comforts and discomforts of a truck and SUV, the Ford Explorer Sport Trac takes an adequate stab at being the jack of all trades but is the master of none.
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